How Does a Person who is Blind Enjoy the Indy 500?

Disability Awareness Month Profile: Sharon Long

Bosma Enterprises - 3/23/2018 10:00:00 AM

March is Disability Awareness Month in Indiana. Bosma Enterprises is participating in several ways. Watch our social media and our blog for updates throughout the month. We are posting several profiles of our employees to highlight the work they do and their lives.

Disability Awareness Month Profile: Jonathan Blair

Bosma Enterprises - 3/19/2018 10:00:00 AM

March is Disability Awareness Month in Indiana. Bosma Enterprises is participating in several ways. Watch our social media and our blog for updates throughout the month. We are posting several profiles of our employees to highlight the work they do and their lives.

Disability Awareness Month Profile: Timathy Mills

Bosma Enterprises - 3/16/2018 10:00:00 AM

March is Disability Awareness Month in Indiana. Bosma Enterprises is participating in several ways. Watch our social media and our blog for updates throughout the month. We are posting several profiles of our employees to highlight the work they do and their lives.

Disability Awareness Month Profile: Robin Kyle

Bosma Enterprises - 3/12/2018 10:04:55 AM

March is Disability Awareness Month in Indiana. Bosma Enterprises is participating in several ways. Watch our social media and our blog for updates throughout the month. We are posting several profiles of our employees to highlight the work they do and their lives.

How does Braille help people who are blind learn grammar?

How does a person who is blind watch the Big Game?

Bosma Enterprises - 2/1/2018 8:07:46 AM

How can you watch television if you are unable to see what is happening on the screen? Many sighted people may ask this question to someone with a visual impairment. Many people who are blind or visually impaired can follow along with the dialogue to understand what is happening on the screen. However, some television programs are somewhat hard to follow.

Try this 60-second hack to improve your health

White Cane can bring independence

Bosma Enterprises - 11/24/2017 7:24:54 AM

The white cane is not only a tool, it is a symbol of freedom and independence. I remember the first time I embraced using a white cane. I got tired of depending on everyone else to take me places and worrying that I could never go anywhere alone. I was tired of explaining to people why I was walking slowly or why I might have bumped into them and feeling a need to apologize. However, once I started to carry a cane, I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I finally felt ok telling the world that I am a person with a visual impairment.

Losing sight shouldn’t mean giving up hope for meaningful work

Lou Moneymaker - 9/2/2017 10:19:23 PM

As we celebrate Labor Day let's remember the historic significance of Labor Day

As Americans prepare to spend a long weekend barbequing with friends and family, or enjoying the neighborhood swimming pool one last time as we celebrate the symbolic end of summer, it’s important to remember the historic significance of Labor Day and what it means to be able to make a living.

Open letter on Order of Selection

Bosma Enterprises - 4/24/2017 7:38:57 AM

Indiana's Vocational Rehabilitation is reviewing a new Order of Selection policy. Our president and CEO has drafted this open letter to express our concerns with this new policy. There is also information on how you can make a public comment.

Bosma Enterprises partners with USABA to promote a healthy lifestyle

Bosma Enterprises - 3/15/2017 2:24:48 PM

Bosma Enterprises has partnered with the United States Association of Blind Athletes to implement the National Fitness Challenge. Bosma staff are wearing Fitbits to monitor and encourage an increase in their fitness levels.

Let your fingers do the walking

Bosma Enterprises - 2/23/2017 1:58:47 PM

3D pens have found their way into the arts and crafts world. However, Nick Leon, an orientation and mobility instructor at Bosma, found a way to use them to help people who are blind "see" the world around them.

Bosma Enterprises purchases “Australian Gold” building

2017 Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Training

Bosma Enterprises - 7/8/2016 10:11:05 AM

The Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services’ Business Enterprise Program (BEP) and Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR), is recruiting interested and qualified candidates for 2017 BEP training class.

Vision Loss Didn't Stop My Career Goals

Lise Pace - 6/27/2016 3:37:31 PM

Years after my diagnosis and losing my career in finance due to vision loss, I was at home waiting for the other shoe to drop. And when it finally did, it was devastating. The progressive loss of my eyesight, its emotional toll and the loss of my independence had caused me to become a shell of who I was just a decade before. In hopes of reclaiming some semblance of the life I once knew, I decided to look for a service opportunity where I might be able to use my skills for good, while rebuilding my confidence.

Getting Started with the 3D Art Pen

Nick Leon - 6/14/2016 9:08:46 AM

What is it? – The 3D art pen is a new device that uses that same technology as 3D Printers. It heats up plastic similar to the way a glue gun would and allows the user to create 3D objects quickly and easily. The device was developed as an art tool, but can serve as an excellent tool for creating tactile maps and diagrams for people who are visually impaired.

Hasbrook Award 2016

Bosma Enterprises - 6/8/2016 12:41:26 PM

Nominations now being accepted for the 2016 Hasbrook Award! Nominate someone who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to helping people with disabilities and join us at the Indiana Roof Ballroom for this exciting event.

Calling All Advocates for Described TV and Web Accessibility!

Bosma Enterprises - 6/6/2016 9:15:22 AM

This year, on July 26, is the 26th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Each year, advocates look for ways in which to properly commemorate the ADA and to celebrate the promise of equal access that it represents. This year, we have a unique opportunity to raise our voices on behalf of equal access, and you are invited to be a part of this nationwide effort.

My Close Call to Vision Loss

Mariel Betron - 5/23/2016 3:32:15 PM

May is Healthy Vision Month

May is healthy vision month and I thought how ironic that in the past month my close call to vision loss has given me a new perspective on losing your sight. Working for Bosma Enterprises has given me some insight to blindness and the people who are dealing with vision loss everyday, but it’s not until it happens to you that you really know what it’s like to be visually impaired.

Ansell's SMART Pack has new packaging

Bosma Enterprises - 4/18/2016 11:11:11 AM

These Bosma Medical gloves manufactured by Ansell remain unchanged. While these products have a new name, and a new look for our upgraded packaging, you can rest assured that your glove delivers the same quality and performance you know and trust.

Drexel University students conducting studies on experiences of people who are blind

Bosma Enterprises - 3/22/2016 8:00:37 AM

A student from Drexel University is conducting a couple of studies and could use the help from people who are blind or visually impaired. His studies center around the experiences of a person who is blind in a couple of places. The first study is about sports teams websites and their accessibility. The second study is on the experiences of a person who is blind and a bad shopping experience. Below is a little more information on each of the research initiatives and the researcher' contact information. Please share this with those without email.

Grant provides free training for seniors with vision loss

Bosma Enterprises - 2/11/2016 3:25:24 PM

Age-related vision loss is one of the leading causes of vision loss in the United States. That’s why Bosma Enterprises offers critical, life-changing programs to seniors to restore hope and show them that life doesn’t end with vision loss.

The best seat in the house

Mariel Betron - 12/2/2015 3:24:09 PM

What would you do if you were blind or visually impaired?

Being a “sighted” person and coming from the “sighted” world, I never imagined what it would be like to be blind or visually impaired. I never even thought about it. For so many of us, we take the simplest daily activities and tasks for granted. It’s not until something happens to your vision that your perception changes.

Need your help

Bosma Enterprises - 6/11/2015 4:13:21 PM

How would you learn to live life over again without your eyesight?

Imagine losing your vision over time or maybe overnight. How would you learn to live life over again without your eyesight? For many people, training is critical to learning skills to reclaim life after vision loss. Unfortunately, an important training option is being removed as well as a path to employment. Please take the time to read the following information and to act no later than June 15, 2015.